Bee’s contribution to the UK economy
There has been a lot of talk about the reduction in the honeybee population, not just here in the UK but around the world. Somehow, the significance of this has been overlooked after all; the honeybee is just an insect and therefore would not be missed.
Yet recent research has shown that the humble honey bee [...]
Financial crisis could be worse than the depression
The international monetary fund (IMF) are warning that there are some serious worries that there could be comparisons between the lead up to the great depression and the current financial crisis.
Despite the attempts by governments around the world to prevent this from happening the fear is that this may not be enough to prevent the [...]
Hackers find how to steal PIN numbers
It used to be that hackers who wanted o steal PIN numbers would have to do this one by one; this would normally mean that they would have to use skimming, cameras fitted to ATM machines or by phishing attacks.
However, in the US it has been found that when a PIN number in entered the [...]
Lessons in Personal Finance
These days more than ever are times when personal finance should be taught to young adults, especially if they are leaving home to go to college or just starting out on a new career. Whatever the route taken, personal finance is going to take up a large part of their life from now on.
Yet with [...]
Motivating kids for finance
Motivating kids for finance
The key to a secure future for today’s youngsters is for them to be taught at an early age about the basics of finance. It seems that they are growing up with the belief that you can have everything now and pay it off as you please, the never, never as it [...]